Edit PDF
Add text, images, shapes and annotations to any PDF.
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How to use
- 1 Drop or click to upload your file
- 2 Adjust options if shown
- 3 Click Edit PDF
- 4 Download your result instantly
- ✓ Files up to 1 GB
- ✓ Unlimited jobs/hour
- ✓ Batch processing (up to 100 files)
- ✓ Priority support
Files are processed securely and deleted within 1 hour. Files are processed automatically. No human reviews your documents, and PDFRun does not use them to train models.
Why this works
Edit text and images directly inside a PDF — fix a typo, update a date, replace a logo, change a price — without needing the original Word or design source file.
Edit PDF is the right tool for small, surgical changes to a PDF when you don’t have the original source file. Common cases: a typo in a published report you can’t re-export from the original tool; a price that needs updating on a quote that already went out as PDF; a date that needs correcting on a contract template; a logo replacement on a deck someone else built.
The editor opens your PDF in a click-to-edit interface. Click a text block to edit the words. Click an image to replace, resize, or delete it. Drag elements to reposition. Add new text or images by inserting them on any page. Save to download the modified PDF.
Font matching matters. When you edit existing text, we try to match the font used in the original — if the font was embedded in the source PDF, the match is exact and visually invisible. If the font wasn’t embedded (a font name was referenced but not bundled), we substitute a close match — the edited text may look slightly different from the surrounding original text. For seamless edits, the safest bet is to add new text rather than mixing edited and original text in the same paragraph; the new text block will be consistently styled, even if it doesn’t match the surrounding original perfectly.
What works well: text edits within a single line or paragraph, image replacement, repositioning of existing elements, adding new text or images. What’s harder: edits that cross page boundaries, restructuring complex layouts (multi-column flows, magazine-style designs), edits to scanned PDFs (where the “text” is actually image data).
For scanned PDFs (image-only sources), run OCR first — it adds an editable text layer over the image. The Edit PDF tool can then edit that text layer, though changes don’t affect the underlying image (which still shows the original scanned text underneath). For substantive edits to scanned documents, convert to Word first (using PDF to Word), edit in Word, then convert back — the result is cleaner than editing the PDF in place.
If you have access to the original source file (Word, InDesign, Pages, etc.), editing there and re-exporting is almost always cleaner than editing the PDF. Use Edit PDF when the source is genuinely unavailable.
How it works
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1Upload your PDFDrop the PDF you want to edit into the upload box.
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2Click to editClick any text block to edit words. Click an image to replace, resize, or delete. Drag to reposition. Use the toolbar to add new text or insert images.
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3Verify font matchingEdited text shows in the matched or substituted font. Adjust the font in the toolbar if the match isn’t quite right.
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4Download the edited PDFSave to download the modified version. The original file is unchanged.
Real-world uses
Marketing
Fix a typo in a published brochure PDF without re-exporting from the design tool.
Sales teams
Update prices on a quote PDF that already went to the client — issue a v2 in minutes.
Legal admin
Correct a date on a contract template that’s otherwise final.
Freelancers
Swap a logo on a deliverable PDF when the source design file is on a colleague’s machine.
Common questions
Can I edit any PDF?
Born-digital PDFs (created by Word, InDesign, Pages, design tools, accounting software) edit cleanly. Scanned PDFs are image-only — they need to be OCR’d first to add an editable text layer; even then, edits to that layer don’t affect the underlying image. For substantive edits to scanned documents, convert to Word, edit, then convert back.
Will my edits look seamless with the original text?
Usually yes if the source PDF embedded its fonts. If fonts weren’t embedded, we substitute a close match and the edit may look slightly different. For invisible-edit fidelity, add new text in a fresh block rather than mixing edited and original text in the same paragraph.
Can I replace an image?
Yes. Click the image to select, then upload a replacement. The new image takes the same position and size as the original by default; drag the corners to resize.
Can I add new pages?
Not directly in Edit PDF — the editor works on existing pages. To add pages, use Merge (combine with another PDF) or Extract / Split to rearrange pages.
Will form fields survive editing?
Yes — form fields, signatures, OCR text layers, and existing annotations are preserved through edits to other content.
Is editing destructive?
No — your uploaded original is unchanged. Edits produce a new output PDF; the original stays where it was.